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“When you call me yours,” Evie said.

“Would you like to be mine, honey?” he asked.

“I think that I would,” she admitted.

“Good to know, honey,” Rod said. “Night.”

“Good night, Rod,” she whispered back over her shoulder. As soon as Evie closed her eyes, she could feel herself slipping into sleep. She usually had trouble falling asleep, but tonight, she couldn’t seem to stay awake, and she was sure that it had everything to do with the sexy man behind her.

Rodrick

Rod woke up wrapped in soft, warm woman. He had never spent the night at a woman’s place before. Hell, if he went home with a woman, he’d fuck her and run the hell out of there, going home to sleep in his own bed. He believed that if he slept with a woman overnight, he’d get attached, and he was right. He was already starting to become attached to Evie after spending a little more than a week with her. She had him rethinking his whole stance on not getting involved with anyone.

Evie was practically on top of him, her arms draped across his chest and her legs spread eagle over his legs. His cock was all for waking up plastered against a hot woman, even if he wasn’t going to get his way and be able to take Evie today. He was being honest when he told her that he wanted to take things slowly with her. There was no way that he’d have sex with her until she was ready, and she wouldn’t be ready to be with him until he could prove to Evie that he was worthy. Even if he wasn’t, he just needed her to believe that he was.

“Hey,” she breathed, looking up at him. Evie quickly rolled off of him and pulled the sheets over her body. “Sorry,” she said.“I didn’t mean to lay on top of you. I guess I have boundary issues when I sleep.”

“I didn’t mind,” he said. “In fact, I kind of like waking up with you wrapped around me.”

“Oh,” she whispered. “Well, thanks for staying the night,” she said. He hated how nervous she sounded. That was the last thing he wanted her to feel. Hot, turned on, and wanted—sure. Nervous, no.

“It’s just me, honey,” Rod whispered, pulling her in for a quick kiss.

“I know,” she breathed, “it’s just the first time that I’ve woken up with a man in my bed. This is just all so new for me, you know?”

“If we’re being completely honest, honey, this is a first for me too. I don’t spend the night at a woman’s place and I certainly don’t invite them over to spend the night with me,” Rod admitted.

“You’ve never spent the night with a woman?” she asked. “But you’ve had sex, right?”

He smirked over at her and she giggled. “Yes, I’ve had sex,” he grumbled. “But when we’re done, I usually take off and go back to my house. I never wanted to give the woman the wrong idea.”

“Gee,” she breathed. “That’s so sweet,” she teased.

“Well, I thought it was,” he griped. “What’s wrong with not wanting to lead a woman on?”

“Nothing, but why sleep with her then?” she asked. “I mean, I understand the why of it, but why treat me any differently?” That was a question that he wasn’t sure that he was ready to answer yet.

“I’m not sure, really,” he admitted. “It just feels different with you. Maybe it’s because your Nova’s friend and she’ll kill me if Ifuck this up with you, but I want to do things the right way with you, honey,” he admitted.

“That’s sweet,” she said. “Even the part about Nova killing you,” she teased.

“Thanks,” he grumbled. “But it’s the truth.”

“Speaking of truths,” she said. “We never really discussed what we’re going to do about telling Nova the truth about us.” She was right, they hadn’t discussed that yet, but he was hoping that avoiding the topic might be the way to go.

“I say that we see what happens with us before we spill our guts to Nova. I mean, right now, we’re technically not lying to her, right?” he asked.

Evie sighed and nodded, “Right,” she agreed. “But we started off lying to her and that still doesn’t feel right. I just want to come clean with her and let the chips fall where they might.”

“Listen, I won’t tell you that you can’t tell your friend the truth. I’d just like a little bit of time for us,” he said. “Just the two of us to try to figure this thing out.”

“All right,” she agreed. “I’ll give us two weeks to get our shit together and then, I’m telling Nova everything.”

He nodded, “That sounds very fair, honey, thank you.”

“I’m not doing this for you, Rod. I’m doing it for us. I’d like to see where this thing ends up too,” she admitted.

“So, what would you like to do today?” he asked.

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